[s-cars] Fw: 90k service (timing belt)?

[Jerry Scott]

Cody
> Now, how about a cover for the whole thing. Any ideas?
> Jerry
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
> To: "Doug Landaeta" <dlandaeta at gmail.com>
> Cc: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] 90k service (timing belt)?
>
>
>> It's mounted in 3 locations. One was a convenient bolt hole in the 
>> firewall,
>> one was a stud on the strut tower (towards the bottom near the steering
>> rack), and the last was on the coil brackets.  The heat shield is very
>> important too. I measured a 200+ degree drop in temps between the 
>> downpipe
>> side of the heat shield and the ignition coil closest to the downpipe 
>> area
>> of the heat shield. No doubt that will increase coil life.
>>
>> Note that I had to build extensions of the strut brace to mount the 034
>> coils on as they did not fit as 034 said they would. The coils hit 
>> squarely
>> on the metal fuel lines on the firewall, so I had to move them out away 
>> from
>> the firewall by about an inch and a half. I also mounted the coils upside
>> down from how 034 recomends because it fit better, looked better, and 
>> IMHO
>> the heat sinks should be on top for better ventilation (heat rises, 
>> etc.).
>> Another things was that I used some washers to space the coils farther 
>> apart
>> from each other. As supplied by 034 the coils will squarely hit each 
>> other
>> and prevent you from being able to unplug the wire connectors without
>> unbolting the coils and dissasembling the brackets.
>>
>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/CIMG2683 - You can sorta see two 
>> of
>> the brackets for the heat shield and you can see the brackets for the 
>> coils.
>>
>> -Cody Forbes
>>
>> Doug Landaeta wrote:
>>> Psyched! Very nice, thanks for the help. I like the heat shield. Is
>>> that mounted directly onto the firewall?
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>> Sent from my mobile.
>>>
>>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:12 PM, "John Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Douglas Landaeta wrote:
>>>>> .... The 034 HO is possible,
>>>>> but i do
>>>>> want to retain the cover... i digress...
>>>>
>>>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/CIMG2682 - urS4 w/ 034 HO
>>>> coils and stock coil cover installed.
>>>>
>>>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/CIMG2687
>>>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/CIMG2688 - Coil cover off
>>>> so you can see how the wires are routed. I did have to modify the
>>>> coil cover very slightly. At the back where the plug wires go in I
>>>> had to make the opening larger as the cover was slightly pinching
>>>> the plug wires. I relieved it about 2mm and it fits great now.
>>>>
>>>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/P1010060
>>>> http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/tmwricksurs4/CIMG2689 - These kits are
>>>> shipped with a huge amount of excess wire. To prevent problems with
>>>> the wires getting where the shouldn't be (resting on the downpipe
>>>> for example) you MUST shorted them.
>>>>
>>>> -Cody Forbes
>>
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